Equipment manufacturers

Heidelberg has more than halved its losses, and has made a big improvement to profitability at an operating level.

Ricoh has added two new light production models, the C5110S and C5100S, to its production printing portfolio.

Kodak is banking on its Stream inkjet and SquareSpot imaging technologies to create profitable revenue streams after the company emerges from Chapter 11.

Durst has continued to strengthen its UK sales presence with the appointment of a northern sales manager in Richard Bates.

The UK arm of UV ink and coatings manufacturer Zeller + Gmelin will be at North Print and Pack this year for the first time as a means to promote its presence in the offset market.

Manroland Web Systems has launched the FoldLine and FormerLine systems for high volume digital production, described as "futureproof" for its technology-forward speeds.

Foster City, CA-based EFI cited strong US sales as well as continued demand for its Fiery controllers as it reported Q1 income of $8.2m (Q1 2012: $6.2m) on a 7% revenue rise to $171.4m.

Xerox cited weakness in its Document Technology business, which includes the iGen commercial press line, as it reported Q1 sales declined by 2.7% over the same period in 2012 to $5.4bn.

Swiss CTP system manufacturer Luscher has gone bankrupt.

Durst has launched two new Rho 1000 series wide format printers and an upgrade to its Durst Rho P10 series of printers ahead of this summer's Fespa 2013 exhibition in London.